I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s food processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between companies engaged in such practices and three of your suppliers - Nomad Foods, Young’s Seafood and Lyon’s Seafoods.
Our research shows that Northseafood Holland and Unibond Seafood International are white fish suppliers to Nomad Foods brands, which include the Birds Eye, Findus and Iglo ranges retailing across Europe. Sainsbury’s stocks a range of Nomad Foods’ Birds Eye branded products containing white fish, including cod and…
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Our investigation continues to surface questions in relation to your company's supply chain, specifically your supplier Lyon's Seafoods. Sainsbury's stocks a number of seafood products supplied by Lyon's Seafoods, including an own-brand seafood mix containing squid. Lyon's Seafoods imports squid from Shandong Haidu Ocean Product Co. Ltd., a Chinese supplier.
Shandong Haidu has received persons from the Xinjiang region of China under a government labor transfer program since 2021 and until as recently as December 2022. The United Nations, human rights organization…
A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said, 'All of our suppliers have to meet our high ethical and worker welfare standards. If we have any reason to believe there is a situation within our supply chains which is in breach of those standards we take immediate action. We are working together with our suppliers and wider industry partners to understand the situation and take the most responsible and appropriate next steps.'
Since we last contacted Sainsbury’s in August, our investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry has made further findings which we want to bring to your attention, as they relate to your supply chain. Packaging analysis shows that a company called Cawoods Ltd. has been supplied salted pollock products from the Chinese company, Donggang Haimeng. We understand that Cawoods supplies salted pollock to Sainsbury’s, as per the Sainsbury’s website. We have uncovered evidence that Donggang Haimeng used North Korean labor after the December 2019 deadline for the rep…